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The other Freud PAGE 24 SPUR WINNIPEG details p. 21 $6.50 Vol. 23, No. 4 May 2015 Christopher Waddell Pixels vs. Papers Is the death of newsprint just media hype? ALSO IN THIS ISSUE Adam Chapnick Why the liberal arts still pay Suanne Kelman Defending jealousy Joseph Heath Fairness without regulation PLUS: NON-FICTION Linda Kay on dressing for utopia + David Layton on Chinese migrations + Joan Sangster on the Montreal massacre + Larry Krotz on importing capitalism + Michael Marrus on Jewish Poland + Janet Hepburn on freedom through Alzheimer’s + Ian Smillie on LGBT Namibia FICTION Publications Mail Agreement #40032362 Jamie Zeppa reviews The Search for Heinrich Schlögel by Martha Baillie + Jack Kirchhoff Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to LRC, Circulation Dept. reviews Close to Hugh by Marina Endicott PO Box 8, Station K Toronto, ON M4P 2G1 POETRY David Huebert + Basma Kavanagh + Jennifer Zilm NATIONAL BEST SELLER “At 86, Augie Merasty has been a lot of things: Father. Son. 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